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ιακωβ ὁ παῖς μου ἀντιλήμψομαι αὐτοῦ ισραηλ ὁ ἐκλεκτός μου προσεδέξατο αὐτὸν ἡ ψυχή μου ἔδωκα τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ' αὐτόν κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐξοίσει
Isaiah 42:1
Doctrine of the Lord #50
50. Whenever the term spirit is applied to the Lord, it means His Divine life, thus the Lord Himself. This is clear from the following:
...He whom (the Father) has sent speaks the words of God. ...God does not give (Him) the Spirit by measure. The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. (John 3:34-35)
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse.... The Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might.... (Isaiah 11:1-2)
I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring judgment to the nations. (Isaiah 42:1)
...he will come like a narrow stream; the Spirit of Jehovah will put a sign on him; then the Redeemer will come to Zion.... (Isaiah 59:19-20)
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovih is upon Me; ...Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. (Isaiah 61:1, cf. Luke 4:18)
...Jesus, knowing in His spirit that they thought thus within themselves.... (Mark 2:8)
...Jesus rejoiced in (His) spirit and said.... (Luke 10:21)
...Jesus...was troubled in (His) spirit.... (John 13:21)
(Jesus,) sighing in (His) spirit.... (Mark 8:12)
[2] Spirit stands for Jehovah Himself, or the Lord:
God is a Spirit.... (John 4:24)
Who has directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or what man that of His counsel? (Isaiah 40:13)
(The Spirit of Jehovah) led them by the...hand of Moses.... (Isaiah 63:12, 14)
Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee.... (Psalms 139:7)
(Jehovah said,) “Not by might..., but by My Spirit (he shall act).” (Zechariah 4:6)
They...provoked the Spirit of His holiness; therefore He turned against them as an enemy.... (Isaiah 63:10, cf. Psalms 106:33)
My Spirit shall not indict mankind forever, for they are flesh. (Genesis 6:3)
...I will not contend forever..., for the Spirit would fail before Me.... (Isaiah 57:16)
...blasphemy against the (Holy) Spirit will not be forgiven..., but whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. (Matthew 12:31-32, cf. Mark 3:28-30, Luke 12:10)
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is blasphemy against the Lord’s Divinity. But a word against the Son of man is something said against the Word, by interpreting its meaning wrongly. For the Son of man is the Lord in relation to the Word, as we have shown above.
Published by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, 1100 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 19009, U.S.A. A translation of Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino, by Emanuel Swedenborg, 1688-1772. Translated from the Original Latin by N. Bruce Rogers. ISBN 9780945003687, Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954074.
Isaiah 61
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The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
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to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
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to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
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They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
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Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
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But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their glory.
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Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them.
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"For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
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Their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Yahweh has blessed."
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I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
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For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
